Area wrestlers hit home stretch

ELKIN - With the wrestling season hitting the home stretch, area teams are prepping for the Mountain Valley Conference Tournament over the final month of the season.

Starmount, who sits at 13-17 on the year and 3-2 in the conference, returns to the mat tonight with five duals left on their schedule. Elkin (7-11, 2-1) has seven conference matches remaining in the final month.

After kicking off the new year with three-straight wins over North Wilkes, Alleghany and Watauga, the Rams have dropped two matches in a row to West Iredell and Wilkes Central.

In their last outing, Starmount struggled with a tough Eagles side, falling 55-21.

The Buckin’ Elks were riding a streak of three wins in their last four duals into last Wednesday’s match agaist non-conference foe East Surry. After surrendering four forfeits, Elkin hung tough before falling 54-21.